Virginia Ruth Montgomery Thompson
Sep 6, 2008
Mrs. Virginia Ruth Montgomery Thompson, 85, of Ararat, VA, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Mount Airy. Mrs. Thompson was born February 2, 1923, in Patrick County, VA, to Claude Wilson and Rebecca Bowman Montgomery. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and a true and wonderful friend to all who knew her. Surviving...
Graham Smith Lawrence
Sep 5, 2008
Mr. Graham Smith Lawrence, 87, devoted husband of Mrs. Mondell Golding Lawrence, of Dobson, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday September 5, 2008 while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on July 9, 1921 to the late Henry Clay Lawrence III and Mae Smith Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence was a retired Superintendent of Surry...
Dr. James Louis DeLay Lamm
Sep 5, 2008
Dr. James Louis DeLay Lamm, 78, was born November 26, 1929, in Mount Airy, the son of the late Louis Marion Lamm and Gertrude DeLay Lamm. He was active in Boy Scouts as a youth and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a...
Lillian Crissman Deatherage
Sep 4, 2008
Mrs. Lillian Crissman Deatherage, 94, of 113 Dewberry Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September, 4, 2008, at her home. Mrs. Deatherage was born April 13, 1914, in Surry County, to the late Fate and Cora Williams Crissman. She was a homemaker and a member of New Venture Baptist Church. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and...
William Victor "Bill" McMickle
Sep 1, 2008
Mr. William Victor "Bill" McMickle, Sr., age 72 of Walkertown passed away Monday, September 1, 2008 at Oak Forest Health and Rehab Center in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. McMickle was born on October 11, 1935 in Surry County to the late Grover Worrell and Trusty Hawks McMickle. He worked with Brewer Paint Company before retiring. He is survived by two...
Mrs. Opal Boyd Phillips
Sep 1, 2008
Mrs. Opal Phillips, age 88 of Stuart, passed away Monday, September 1, 2008 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center. She was born in Floyd County, Virginia on October 14, 1919 to the late John and Ellen Belcher Boyd. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death her husband, Sam Phillips and ten brothers and sisters. She is survived by...
Herbert L. Atkins
Sep 1, 2008
Mr. Herbert L. Atkins, age 84 of Millers Creek, and formerly of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, September 01, 2008 at his daughter's home. Mr. Atkins was born in Sandson, VA to Livingston Elwood Atkins, Sr. and Ida Lee Montague Atkins. He was a retired Lt. Colonel in the United States Air Force. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Cathy...
Mrs. Minnie Dalton Hensley
Aug 31, 2008
Mrs. Minnie Dalton Hensley, age 73 of Claudville, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Floyd County on September 8, 1934 to the late J. Whitfield and Laurie Nester Dalton. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hensley was preceded in death by one daughter, Linda...
Harold Lafayette Ramey
Aug 31, 2008
Mr. Harold Lafayette Ramey age 89, of Lowgap passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at Elkin Health Care. Mr. Ramey was born on June 11, 1919 in Beckley, W VA to the late William Jasper and Audie Varco Frost Ramey. He served in World War II and was a retired farmer. Mr. Ramey is survived by his wife, Myrtle Ruth...
William "Howard" Hylton
Aug 31, 2008
Mr. William "Howard" Hylton, age 75 of Patrick Springs, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on September 15, 1932 to the late George Cabell and Callie Agnes Rakes Hylton. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hylton was preceded in death by a sister, Susanna Hylton. He was a member of Mayo...
James Roscoe Moser
Aug 31, 2008
Mr. James Roscoe Moser, 83, of 191 Fireside Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Moser was born September 29, 1924, in Surry County, to the late James Dallas and Effie Haymore Moser. Roscoe retired from Renfro Corporation and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. He is survived by...
Mrs. Gracie Mildred Hylton
Aug 30, 2008
Mrs. Gracie Mildred Hylton, age 92 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the RJ Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital in Stuart. She was born on September 15, 1915 to the late Herman and Nannie Wood Hall. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hylton was preceded in death by her husband, Stowell Hylton; one grandson, Ronald Belcher; one...
Mrs. Carol Jean Boyd Setlilff
Aug 30, 2008
Mrs. Carol Jean Boyd Setliff, age 56 of Floyd, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2008 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on February 28, 1952 to the late Thomas Frank and Ocie Mae Dickerson Boyd. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Setliff was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Amos Setliff, and two brothers, David Cleveland...
Otis Herman Whitaker
Aug 29, 2008
Mr. Otis Herman Whitaker age 59 of 525 George Chandler Road, Mt. Airy, NC husband of Mrs. Carolyn Gail Reece Whitaker passed away Friday, August 29, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born June 18, 1949 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Ila Mae Gwyn Hall and Ernest James Hall, Sr. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving...
Mr. Arthur "Junior" Wood
Aug 29, 2008
Mr. Arthur Dewey Wood "Jr.", age 89 of Vesta passed away Friday evening at RJR Patrick County Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 13, 1919 in Patrick County to the late Dewey and Winnie Howell Wood. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a son, Leon Wood; one grandson, Kenny Banks; one foster brother,...
Mary Marlene Simmons Cruise
Aug 29, 2008
Mrs. Mary Marlene Simmons Cruise, age 85 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, August 29, 2008 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Cruise was born in Surry County, October 22, 1922 to Isaiah and Nora Venable Simmons. She was retired from Hospital Pharmacy and was a loving mother and grandmother. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Ricky...
Mr. Larry Waller Baliles
Aug 28, 2008
Mr. Larry Waller Baliles, age 67 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2008 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on August 23, 1941 to the late Syrus and Lottie V. Breedlove Baliles. He was a charter member of Fairystone Baptist Church where he had been an organist for 40 years, and longtime treasurer of the...
James Luther York
Aug 28, 2008
Mr. James Luther York, 78, of 636 Hamburg Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2008, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. York was born December 2, 1929, in Surry County, to the late Felix and Rosie Johnson York. James joined the United States Air Force during his younger years, and was later drafted into the United States...
Treva Brown Kirkman
Aug 27, 2008
We are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. II Corinthians 5:8. With this truth, we said good-bye from this life and acknowledged the eternal presence with God our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Treva Brown Kirkman. Mrs. Kirkman crossed to the other...
Mrs. Evelyn Ellis Shough
Aug 26, 2008
Mrs. Evelyn Ellis Shough, age 75 of Patrick Springs, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on March 6, 1933 to the late Everette Clinton and Mattie Sue Hutchens Ellis. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Shough was preceded in death by one son, Donald B. Shough;...